Neichen

Neichen
Coat of arms
Neichen
Location of Neichen within Vulkaneifel district
Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 6°52′14″E / 50.26142°N 6.87054°E / 50.26142; 6.87054Coordinates: 50°15′41″N 6°52′14″E / 50.26142°N 6.87054°E / 50.26142; 6.87054
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Vulkaneifel
Municipal assoc.	Kelberg
Government
• Mayor	Wolfgang Düx
Area
• Total	2.95 km2 (1.14 sq mi)
Elevation	480 m (1,570 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	119
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	54552
Dialling codes	02692
Vehicle registration	DAU
Website	www.neichen-eifel.de

Neichen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

Roughly 150 people live in Neichen.

The name “Neichen” derives from a 14th-century description of the place as the hof von den Eichen (“Estate of the Oaks”), from which arose the shorter form Neichen through faulty separation of the last two words.

Until 1970, the municipality belonged to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, when it, along with Beinhausen, Boxberg, Brück, Hörschhausen and Katzwinkel, was annexed to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kelberg.

The council is made up of 6 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

Neichen’s mayor is Wolfgang Düx, and his deputy is Peter Annen.

The German blazon reads: In Gold ein grüner Schrägrechtsbalken, belegt mit goldenem Eichenblatt und gold-silbernen Früchten, begleitet oben und unten von je einem grünen Eichenblatt mit grün-silbernen Früchten.